Introduction

Course Information

General Syllabus

Weekly Syllabi

       

                         

James Island Charter High School

IB/Honors Biology Review Sheet Unit 1

Biology as a Science

1. Define Biology.
2. Define Science.
3. Explain the scientific method.
4. Name and give the purpose of the parts of the microscope.
5. Define: independent (manipulated) variable, dependent (responding) variable, control treatment.
6. Give several guidelines for designing experiments.
7. List several safety rules for the laboratory.
8. List and describe the characteristics that define life.
9. List several themes of Biology and give a brief explanation of each.
10. What is the goal of science?
11. Differentiate between hypothesis, theory, and law.
12. Describe how to make a wet mount.
13. Differentiate between multicellular, unicellular, and colonial organisms.
14. Differentiate between an observation and an inference. Give examples of each.
15. Make a list of metric units and what each is used to measure. Give the tool used to make the measurement.
16. List several fields of biology and what they entail.
17. List three types of graphs, describe each, and give an example of how each is used.
18. Become familiar with the questions and review associated with Chapter 1.

Vocabulary: Bold print words in Chapter 1.